I think it could be political expediency or they've just deferred to their legal advice, but part of me wonders if it's also because Labour want to use this opportunity to test the arguments against exclusion so they know if they can get away with implementing the EHRC's guidance
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I think it could be political expediency or they've just deferred to their legal advice, but part of me wonders if it's also because Labour want to use this opportunity to test the arguments against exclusion so they know if they can get away with implementing the EHRC's guidance
As glad as I am that he's gone, I hope this doesn't lead to an attempt at forgiveness and new enthusiasm for YP in any spaces. I imagine it won't, but I'd like YP to remain the irrelevant containment cell for every vicious clique that has ruined the UK left for decades
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
As glad as I am that he's gone, I hope this doesn't lead to an attempt at forgiveness and new enthusiasm for YP in any spaces. I imagine it won't, but I'd like YP to remain the irrelevant containment cell for every vicious clique that has ruined the UK left for decades
I half-jokingly said to a friend in 2018 that institutional bigots were going convince themselves that Goodwin allows them to constrain GRCs to things like marriage and strip away everything else that existed at the time of Goodwin. I wish it'd stayed joke.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I half-jokingly said to a friend in 2018 that institutional bigots were going convince themselves that Goodwin allows them to constrain GRCs to things like marriage and strip away everything else that existed at the time of Goodwin. I wish it'd stayed joke.
I always struggle to explain the UK variation of this because I know it likely sounds unhinged, including the fact that UK skeptics were critical to pioneering and popularising transphobic rhetoric here
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I always struggle to explain the UK variation of this because I know it likely sounds unhinged, including the fact that UK skeptics were critical to pioneering and popularising transphobic rhetoric here
I'm clueless so I'm confused as to why the conclusion Lady Hale reached in A v CC of West Yorkshire Police (2004) isn't still relevant to this? Specifically, that EUCJ case law confirms that we're to be treated as our 'reassigned' 'sexual identity'. Was that not retained? Or side-stepped somehow?
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm clueless so I'm confused as to why the conclusion Lady Hale reached in A v CC of West Yorkshire Police (2004) isn't still relevant to this? Specifically, that EUCJ case law confirms that we're to be treated as our 'reassigned' 'sexual identity'. Was that not retained? Or side-stepped somehow?
as bizarre as it is, i do too. doing something this ridiculous, convincing themselves that their betrayal is mature 5d chess, and using the media to mock anyone for noticing wouldn't exactly be new
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
as bizarre as it is, i do too. doing something this ridiculous, convincing themselves that their betrayal is mature 5d chess, and using the media to mock anyone for noticing wouldn't exactly be new
an extremely 'my parents buy me one blazer for the school year' suit
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
an extremely 'my parents buy me one blazer for the school year' suit
i've never understood it either because they're always painfully tortured and unfunny. also see: 'Liebour' and 'local clowncil'
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
i've never understood it either because they're always painfully tortured and unfunny. also see: 'Liebour' and 'local clowncil'
I'm not a lawyer (just an old Law undergrad, so I'm clueless), but I imagined it might fall within the MoA.
It's just that the evidence requirements seem increasingly difficult to obtain; the GRP takes ~5 months to look at an app; and their decisions aren't consistent
It's just that the evidence requirements seem increasingly difficult to obtain; the GRP takes ~5 months to look at an app; and their decisions aren't consistent
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'm not a lawyer (just an old Law undergrad, so I'm clueless), but I imagined it might fall within the MoA.
It's just that the evidence requirements seem increasingly difficult to obtain; the GRP takes ~5 months to look at an app; and their decisions aren't consistent
It's just that the evidence requirements seem increasingly difficult to obtain; the GRP takes ~5 months to look at an app; and their decisions aren't consistent
If it wouldn't impose, do you think the UK GRA counts as a "quick, transparent and accessible" procedure for the purposes of Art 8 (e.g. as mentioned recently in T.H v Czech Republic)?
I imagine it still counts but the UK GRA process is often demanding, slow, capricious, and opaque
I imagine it still counts but the UK GRA process is often demanding, slow, capricious, and opaque
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If it wouldn't impose, do you think the UK GRA counts as a "quick, transparent and accessible" procedure for the purposes of Art 8 (e.g. as mentioned recently in T.H v Czech Republic)?
I imagine it still counts but the UK GRA process is often demanding, slow, capricious, and opaque
I imagine it still counts but the UK GRA process is often demanding, slow, capricious, and opaque
sometimes i hate being attracted to men because feelings like this are contagious and now i have to live with them :(
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
sometimes i hate being attracted to men because feelings like this are contagious and now i have to live with them :(
Deb Cohen was so committed to 'rigour' that she shared a GC conspiracy theory about Ferring Pharma donating to the Lib Dems because their pro-trans policies would supposedly lead to increased GnRH (ant)agonist sales. It was always blatant and appalling
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Deb Cohen was so committed to 'rigour' that she shared a GC conspiracy theory about Ferring Pharma donating to the Lib Dems because their pro-trans policies would supposedly lead to increased GnRH (ant)agonist sales. It was always blatant and appalling
No matter how well-meaning parents are, they're still likely to lack a sufficiently deep understanding of a trans (or any minority) experience, are prone to parental projection, and have their own biases or needs that guide their behaviour. I know it feels insulting but it, sadly, happens a lot
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
No matter how well-meaning parents are, they're still likely to lack a sufficiently deep understanding of a trans (or any minority) experience, are prone to parental projection, and have their own biases or needs that guide their behaviour. I know it feels insulting but it, sadly, happens a lot
I appreciate you're dealing with a lot of intense and/or hostile feelings being directed at you but, as hard as it might be to believe: yes, I think trans strangers often do have a better understanding. Even my very loving and supportive mum would've been less reliable than other trans people
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I appreciate you're dealing with a lot of intense and/or hostile feelings being directed at you but, as hard as it might be to believe: yes, I think trans strangers often do have a better understanding. Even my very loving and supportive mum would've been less reliable than other trans people
I hope your fully-body poppy costume. is ready for getting off the plane.
My partner already has a skill on almost all essentials lists and I'm spending the next few years requalifying to get out of here. Can't wait
My partner already has a skill on almost all essentials lists and I'm spending the next few years requalifying to get out of here. Can't wait
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I hope your fully-body poppy costume. is ready for getting off the plane.
My partner already has a skill on almost all essentials lists and I'm spending the next few years requalifying to get out of here. Can't wait
My partner already has a skill on almost all essentials lists and I'm spending the next few years requalifying to get out of here. Can't wait
Thank you for being there to report on it too
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thank you for being there to report on it too
Thank you, I'd like to be clear that I greatly appreciate AM and otherwise deeply value the writing of US-based people. I just don't think this type of editorialising comment is helpful unless you're very confident about your knowledge of the wider context
November 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thank you, I'd like to be clear that I greatly appreciate AM and otherwise deeply value the writing of US-based people. I just don't think this type of editorialising comment is helpful unless you're very confident about your knowledge of the wider context
I'm afraid I don't think there's a "we" here. A lot of trans people in the UK are, frankly, a little sick of US-focused people commenting on — or outright co-opting — events in the UK with an obviously weak, distant understanding of the environment instead of listening and learning first
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm afraid I don't think there's a "we" here. A lot of trans people in the UK are, frankly, a little sick of US-focused people commenting on — or outright co-opting — events in the UK with an obviously weak, distant understanding of the environment instead of listening and learning first
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help us all take back control of the narrative surrounding our lives by first and foremost working to disempower those who have stolen it to enrich themselves paid for by the suffering and deaths of our siblings.
Please stop fucking sharing bigoted shit onto my feed every god damn day lmao.
Please stop fucking sharing bigoted shit onto my feed every god damn day lmao.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
help us all take back control of the narrative surrounding our lives by first and foremost working to disempower those who have stolen it to enrich themselves paid for by the suffering and deaths of our siblings.
Please stop fucking sharing bigoted shit onto my feed every god damn day lmao.
Please stop fucking sharing bigoted shit onto my feed every god damn day lmao.
I feel similarly, the things they managed to do with the tech available to them were incredible and I think the tech limitations enhance it. I can tell it was all precisely crafted with a lot of effort.
That said, I still hate the crafting! Even if the overall design does feel like a 90s swansong
That said, I still hate the crafting! Even if the overall design does feel like a 90s swansong
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I feel similarly, the things they managed to do with the tech available to them were incredible and I think the tech limitations enhance it. I can tell it was all precisely crafted with a lot of effort.
That said, I still hate the crafting! Even if the overall design does feel like a 90s swansong
That said, I still hate the crafting! Even if the overall design does feel like a 90s swansong
I'm honestly just happy that we aren't expunging people from history for even hinting at self-medding
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm honestly just happy that we aren't expunging people from history for even hinting at self-medding
Replaying it atm and I'm *still* noticing little details that make it amazing, especially tricks they use in the cutscenes
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Replaying it atm and I'm *still* noticing little details that make it amazing, especially tricks they use in the cutscenes